Anybody considering volunteering ?

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  2. To to be perfectly honest, anyone who goes out there that has neither military training or physical capability is going to be less of an asset and more of a liability.

  6. No chance. As much as I’m rooting for the people of Ukraine there is no way I’d be willing to die for this war. If it was in Ireland I might feel differently.

    Fairly moot point anyway. As an unfit, untrained man in my 30s I’d probably do more good if I volunteered on the Russian side.

  10. This is pretty mental to say the least. I wouldn’t travel to Ukraine to fight, no. But if the unthinkable happens and war spreads to Europe, we may be left with little choice.

  11. This type of unit will surely attract the biggest idiots in the world. Hard to see how it wouldn’t just be a liability.

  12. It opens things up for governments who have skin in the game, to have boots on the ground in a volunteer capacity.Also paid mercenaries. No countries just volunteers.

  13. Seen quite a few Irish folk planning to over on r/VolunteersForUkraine. I do admire the willingness to help defend Ukraine in its hour of need. I pray they all get home in one piece.

  14. Honestly, I’d be a liability I refuse to wear my glasses to read subtitles watching TV You don’t want me with a gun in my hands Still, grateful for any former military who are heading over to give a hand Many hands, light work and hopefully the sooner the Russians pack up and go home, the sooner the Ukrainian ms can rebuild their homes

  15. It crossed my mind. Id definitely end up dead, which was a strong argument for me not going. But let’s say Irish Men did start going and I knew of some volunteering, I think there’s a chance that I would.

    Id be mostly useless if I’m being honest.

  16. It’s only in relatively recent European experience that foreign volunteers aren’t a fairly common part of conflict.

    The international brigades during the Spanish civil war are probably the most famous recentish example here in Europe but there were other examples in Africa and Middle East not so long ago.

    The French foreign legion is of course probably the most famous of these – who knows maybe in a few decades time the Ukrainian foreign legion will be the go-to example.

  18. I’m fairly surprised at the negative response here given how idolised the volunteers for the Spanish Republic are among the crowd of /r/ireland

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